1. Locoweed plants contain a sometimes-fatal toxin that affects muscle control.2. In livestock it is caused by chronic poisoning with swainsonine from locoweed . 3. The species inhabits calcareous grasslands usually dominated by tragacanth locoweeds . 4. Is it the same thing as locoweed , the plant that affects cows? 5. The biosynthetic pathway of swainsonine has also been investigated in the Diablo locoweed . 6. Jones publishes his first article on locoweed classification " Guide to Western Biology" 7. Locoweed is poisonous and poses a danger to livestock, horses and other grazing animals.8. Instead we came across one dazzling purple-hued milkvetch, also known as locoweed . 9. Echinacea and astragalus, commonly known as milkvetch or locoweed , are also commonly used. 10. Locoweed is relatively palatable to livestock, and some individual animals will seek it out.